I have been hunting illegal...Now with UPDATE!

[chopx2]

Check the pipe you are using. If it is 7/8" IPS (iron pipe size) The actual size IS NOT 7/8". It will be LARGER.

[Shedrock]

I met with the warden this morning. The Elites are under 1" and illegal in Wyoming. He is not giving me a ticket for using them on several animals the past couple years.

I hope the new ones advertised as 1 1/8", are actually 1 1/8".

[DaveKing]

Thanks for the feedback on this item.

There are good wardens out there and it sounds like you have one you can talk to if needed.

[Shedrock]

I have contacted 3Rivers, and they will take my old, "illegal" Elites in trade for the new 1 1/8" Elites.

My hat is off to a great company!

Thank you Dale!

[bobman]

good to know thanks

[Stumpkiller]

Wow!  That's impressive service.  Glad to know as they have received a lot of my loot over the years.

[jcar315]

3Rivers is indeed top notch to work with.

As others have stated in other ways: until the law changes it is the law and there is no way around it.

My hat is off to you for being proactive enough to search out the Warden to meet with. Great job and now you know for certain. Better to have met with him the way you did then out in the field under different circumstances.

Last year i was accused of making my wife use three inch wide broadheads.  A wheelie shooter spread the word around. The truth was they were 7/8" scaled down 125 Grizzlys, she simply put a wide slash on the entry wound.  Iowa no longer has a minimum width.  I often wonder where these arbitrary regulation come from.

[SEMO_HUNTER]

Pavan,
I also have a hard time understanding some of the bogus game laws myself and it's hard to see the logic in them sometimes. Like an 1/8" is going to kill any better if the shot placement is off?

Shedrock- Glad to hear you got it straightened out and a big thumbs up for 3Rivers!    
Are those people awesome or what? You just don't find that kind of customer service any more these days.

[Tav]

Shedrock.  I applaud you talking to a warden.  Better safe than sorry.  Better to follow the law than try to bend it.  It's about respect for authority and the resource, doesn't matter if it's a dopey law.

To the rest of Tradgang; If you want to meet good game wardens, come to Wyoming.  I have yet to meet a jerk warden in my home state.  I have had them help me drag an elk, glass a canyon with me and then tell me exactly how to get to the 5 6-point bulls we were watching, and more.  They have a tough job.

[bornagainbowhunter]

Originally posted by SEMO_HUNTER:
I also have a hard time understanding some of the bogus game laws myself and it's hard to see the logic in them sometimes.  

I understand the logic perfectly.  There are some guys around here that tell me about shooting broadheads that are 3/4" and would like to find some smaller.  They keep saying "speed speed speed".  Some of these folks worried about speed will shoot almost anything to gain just a little.


God Bless,
Nathan

[Rooselk]

Tav, I have hunted Wyoming on a couple of occasions and I agree 100% with what you say about the game wardens in your state. My experiences with them were nothing but positive. Wish I could say the same about the game wardens in one of your neighboring states.

[tradshooter]

Shedrock,
    My hat is off to you for your honesty. You my friend are an example to all of us. Best of luck to you in all of your hunts.

[Tree Rat]

How did he measure them?

[Shedrock]

He measured them with 15/16" inside diameter ring and they went through it, but barely.

[Doug in MN]

I have followed this thread all very interesting information.

Dale is indeed a good fella nad runs a great company customer service is excellent.

I get to WY hunting as much as time allows most of my in-laws are in Casper. All of the contact I have had with any Game warden there has been positive.

[cyred4d]

Interesting, thanks for the update.

[Barney]

Glad to hear it worked out all around Tracy,

[OkKeith]

I'm pretty sure that most of these "arbitrary" rules came from a lot of the original lethality studues that were generated when folks were persuading DNR agencies and Fish and Game Depts. that bowhunting was a legitimate and lethal method to hunt.

Nothing "arbitrary" about it. Just like there are regulations on bullet weights and caliber sizes for firearms hunting or gauge size for shotguns. Under a certian size, just won't do the job efficiently and humanely regardless of shot placement.

What I can't understand are states that don't have any regulations on broadhead size or bow weight.

OkKeith

[Tree Rat]

Thanks